Ironing-board.



H. MENDENHALL & A. T. KILLINGER.

Patented July 31, 1917.

2 SHEETS-SHEET! UNITED STATES PATNT FFICE.

IRONING-BOARID.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 31, 1917.

Application filed January 5, 1916. Serial No. 70,535.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, HIRAM MENDENHALL and ALBERT T. KJLLINGER, of theUnited States, residing at Audubon, in the county of Audubon and Stateof Iowa, have invented new and useful Improvements in Ironing-Boards, ofwhich the following is the specification.

This invention relates to improvements in ironing boards andparticularly to an instantly detachable ironing board of simple,economical and improved form.

It is an object of the invention to provide an ironing board which whennot in use can be folded up flat to take up very little room, but whenin use may be applied instantly to a wall by means of one or two smalland inconspicuous hooks, fastened in the wall and which is instantlydetachable from the wall.

It is another object of this invention to provide an ironing boardhaving an extensible tongue for ironing sleeves or the like, the uppersurface of which tongue is flush with the ironing board.

It is another object of the invention to provide an ironing board havingprovision for the instant detachment and release of a cover cloth of theironing board.

It is a further object of the invention to provide an ironing boardhaving in combination adjustable means by which the board may beattached to the wall and a raised platform for the reception of a hotiron.

Other objects and advantages of the invention will appear as thedescription to follow proceeds.

In the drawings:

Figure 1 is a plan view, partly in section of our new ironing board.

Fig. 2 is a bottom view thereof.

Fig. 3 is a cross sectional view showing the board attached to the wall.

Fig. 4 is a cross sectional view on a line 4-4 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 5 is a cross sectional view showing in detail the method ofattachment.

Fig. 6 is a plan view of the modification of attaching means.

Fig. 7 is a detailed view in cross section of a modified attachingmeans.

Fig. 8 is a plan view of a modification of the attaching means.

An ironing board constructed according to our invention is preferablymade of matched strips 1, tongue and grooved as indicated in Fig. 4, andhaving a perfectly smooth upper surface. The bottom of the ironing boardis provided with cross pieces 2 which serve to additionally bind thematched strips together, certain of these cross pieces 2 being centrallycut away as indicated at 3 for the reception of the fold ing brackethereinafter referred to. The ironing board tapers at one end asindicated at a and is provided centrally with an extensible tongue 5slidably mounted by a tongue and groove arrangement in the matchedstrips 4: so that the tongue 5 can be extended if desired, for ironingsleeves or the like. It is an important feature of the invention thatthe upper surface of the. tongue 5 is flush with the upper surface ofthe board so that the adjacent portion of the board and the tongue 5when extended may be used as a continuous surface when ironing. To coverup the recess in the board made when the tongue 5 is extended, weprovide a thin metallic plate 6 as indicated in Fig. 1, preferablyslightly inset into the face of the board so as to make the surface ofthe board smooth. In the actual construction of the ironing board theentire surface of the board is covered with a layer of asbestos paddingnot shown, and a separate layer of asbestos padding is gluedor'otherwise fastened upon the tongue 5.

The board is provided upon its under surface with side flanges 7,secured to the ends of the cross pieces 2 except the first thereof,which is extended to the edges of' the board. In the inner sides ofthese flanges 7 we provide pins 8 upon which a covering cloth for theboard may be instantly hooked and tightly stretched across the board,and from which it may be instantly released. Mounted upon the rear endof the board is a cross piece 9 firmly secured to the board, upon whichare mounted one or more plates 10 and provided with aperture 11, aportion of the plate 10, the under and adjacent aperture being cut outas indicated at 12. Suitably spaced and firmly screwed into thescantling 13 in the wall or other firm vertical support, and projectingslightly beyond the plaster layer 14 are hooks 15. (See Fig. 5). Mountedupon the bottom of the board is a foldable brace 16, which by itselfdoes not constitute a novel feature having been fully described in ourprior Patent No. 1,03%,021. Suffice to say however, this brace may beextended as shown in Fig. 3 and will collapsiblyfold up against thebottom of the board and into the recess of the cross pieces 2 as shownin Fig. 2.

In attaching the board to a wall, the brace 16 is first extended, theboard is then tilted upwardly and so manipulated that the hooks 15 passthrough the cutaway portion 12 and aperture 11, whereupon the board isallowed to come to a horizontal position and a firm bearing is obtainedagainst the wall through all the region between the point of contact ofthe hooks 15 and the plates 10 and the bottom of the brace 16. WVeightor downward pressure upon the board simply serves to increase thefrictional engagement of the rear. end of the board and the back memberof brace 16 with the wallrand prevents tilting. For this reasonv amodification is shown in Fig. 6 in which only one screw 11 and one hook15. may be employed. The friction between the rear of the board and therear member of the brace 16 against the wall serves to preventtheboardfrom tilting sidewise. V

In Fig. 6 is shown a modification employing a solid board of the formshown and without an extensible tongue.

In Fig. 7 is shown a modification of securing means in which a screw eye18 is secured in the wall by means ofa long shank 19 which screws into ascantling or the like, and a hook19 having a turned down for- 'ward end20 and a screw shank 21 secured into the board through the platform 9,is employed,.the board being cutaway at its rear end to accommodate thescrew eye as shown at 22. I This modification of the invention hascertain advantages over the other form shown in-that the connectingmembers between the board and the wall may be adjusted with a greaterdegree of precision because only a half, turn of the screw eye isnecessary to bring it from one operable position to another operableposition, at the same time movingit in or out of the wall, whereas afull turn of the hook 15 is necessary to produce the same result.

In Fig. 8 another modification is shown which consists in using a plate10 on one side of the platform 9 having a slot 10 therein making theattachment more easy than if two apertures 11 were used.

IVe claim 1. In an apparatus of the class described, an ironing board,an extensible tongue mounted therein with its upper face flush with thefaceof the ironing board, and a coverplate to cover the apertureproduced by the extension of said tongue.

2. In an ironing" board, a platform' adjacent the rear end of the boardand firmly mountedthereon, a pair of plates having apertures therein andmounted at the rear corners of said board, hooks havingshanks adapted toextend into the support and up-' turned front ends adapted to take intosaid apertures, the board under said plates and adjacent said aperturesbeing cut away to' permit the rear end of theboard to fit snugly againstthe support when the board is attached thereto. 7 p

3. In an ironing board, a hook and an apertured member to receive thesame, one of said members being adapted to extend into a support and tobe rigidly anchored therein, a cross piece mounted at one end of.

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